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What are the options if my country makes VPN's illegal?
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I'd be careful with wireguard if VPN is illegal. OpenVPN has a SSL handshake. Wireguard has a Wireguard handshake.
OpenVPN fingerprinting exists too but it's an actual effort. For Wireguard you just need tcpdump and a basic filter.
True, but laws being written by morons with little to no tech knowledge, they'll ban VPN companies' services.
I'd argue it's not a question of intelligence but of network equipment. In many countries ISPs are private companies and there which complicates measures that require specialised equipment. Blocking DNS is basically free, routers can void IPs and IP ranges, broad checks for sequences in package payload are more expensive (scanning for Wireguard) and approaches to distinguish OpenVPN from other SSL even more.